Visay Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Visay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 39 | 1:774,464 | 12,743 |
| India | 35 | 1:21,916,154 | 310,282 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Visay (263) may also be a first name.
Visay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Visay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Visay (Hindi: विसय) is found in Venezuela more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Visay? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,020,555th most prevalent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 84,738,906 people. Visay occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Visay are found; 44 percent are found in South America and 44 percent are found in Caribbean South America. Visay is also the 548,616th most frequently used first name at a global level, borne by 263 people.
The surname is most frequent in Venezuela, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 774,464. In Venezuela it is most frequent in: Monagas, where 56 percent live, Aragua, where 26 percent live and Vargas, where 10 percent live. Excluding Venezuela Visay occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in India, where 41 percent live and Taiwan, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Visay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Visay in the Hindi language | ||
| विसय | visaya | 62.5 |
| विसाय | visaya | 25 |
| विसया | visaya | 12.5 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Visay
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